(March 21, 2016 at 9:39 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(March 21, 2016 at 8:52 am)Drich Wrote: I hate to break up the circle of self gratifying platitudes you all created here, with something most of you don't seem to get. (logic)
But... 'one cannot prove universal or absolute non-existence.'
Neither can you prove universal or absolute existence. In the grand scheme of things, everything's uncertain so rational people deal with the most probable scenarios, given the available data. That's logic & demonstrable evidence all rolled in to one, handy model.
Read the OP old sport. I never made any claims in it. I only pointed out that the OP was not logically possible and the following supporting platitudes were also deeply grounded in logical fallacy.